There are people who seriously discuss the meaning of the word 'no' when uttered by a woman in a sexual situation People sincerely discuss the importance of a woman's attire in deciding whether a rape is 'legitimate'. Many young men think it is perfectly acceptable to try to trick a woman into getting drunk in the hope that she can be raped without consequences. Many others seriously consider her level of inebriation in trying to judge whether she 'deserved' what she got.
Men are shown on tv leering at women in a way that suggests that this is a good thing. Jokes are made about the insignificance of actually pleasing a woman. Women who won't 'put out' are considered to be unreasonable, narrow-minded and somehow subnormal in many male conversations and nobody condemns this attitude.
Women cannot safely walk the streets of most cities at night. Parents need to be concerned about their daughter's socializing without supervision. Rapists almost never (only 3%) go to jail. One out of six women are raped.
A WOMAN IS RAPED IN AMERICA EVERY SIX MINUTES!!!
And, by the way, America ranks #6 in the world (out of nearly two hundred countries) in the number of rapes per capita.
The number six keeps coming up. Six minutes. One out of six women. Sixth worst in the world.
The mere fact that anyone ever doubts that we are a culture that practically encourages rape in the face of this reality is proof positive that our culture is sick. One might choose a different phrase but, considering that 16% of our sisters, mothers and wives will be raped, that it happens ten times an hour, how else would you characterize a place where such things happen other than a Rape Culture.
Men are shown on tv leering at women in a way that suggests that this is a good thing. Jokes are made about the insignificance of actually pleasing a woman. Women who won't 'put out' are considered to be unreasonable, narrow-minded and somehow subnormal in many male conversations and nobody condemns this attitude.
Women cannot safely walk the streets of most cities at night. Parents need to be concerned about their daughter's socializing without supervision. Rapists almost never (only 3%) go to jail. One out of six women are raped.
A WOMAN IS RAPED IN AMERICA EVERY SIX MINUTES!!!
And, by the way, America ranks #6 in the world (out of nearly two hundred countries) in the number of rapes per capita.
The number six keeps coming up. Six minutes. One out of six women. Sixth worst in the world.
The mere fact that anyone ever doubts that we are a culture that practically encourages rape in the face of this reality is proof positive that our culture is sick. One might choose a different phrase but, considering that 16% of our sisters, mothers and wives will be raped, that it happens ten times an hour, how else would you characterize a place where such things happen other than a Rape Culture.